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THE PATRIOT
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
AT GREENSBORO, N. C,
BY DUFFY 4: MOREHEAD.
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. P. Ml.M.KMIAI.I.. JOnH S. 8TAPIJU.
MENDENffALL & STAPLES,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
« R E E N 8 B O R~0, N.C.,
v. |u... lii. in the Courts of Guilford, Kock-
.:..,-.. Uuvidaon, Foraythe, Stoke*, Ban-
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Court*. Special attention given to
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Office nv-r Hank of Greennboro,
OPPOSITE BENBOW HOUSE,
1y)i.\l I'iCK. in State and Federal Courts,
un I in lliejrn untUw of Guilford, AJamance,
|,|, Lt.vidson, Stolen, Yadkia, Sony,
and Caaweii.
11 . ..t tlw linn will always attend the reg-m
ProbatrCourU of Rockiiigtiarn.Alamaao*
I , . |fl I.U'OUIlli".
April -a, Wi. i«i:ly
» . s. l-.il.l . THOS. 1>- KBUOH,
[' S. Commissioner. Regiater in Bankruptcy.
■ I vi.l. &■ KEOOH,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
I.III K\>liul:n. N. C,
IIHACTICK in ill. Court* of Guilford.
Daridaon ami Randolph.
I Diatrict CoarU ot th«
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Pan i dial iltetitioii given to
l\TI UML IIKVIMH CAl'KES
r s Courta and liefer* the UEI-ABT-MI:\
I tl IV islllMrTOX.
W . v- .(..•. ,:il utii-ntioii to the proeeee-
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rtr taken by the U. 8. Army, and will
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AN ACT
To EsUbUib a Western Judi-cial
Dlattriot of Nortli Quo-lint,
Be it ematttd h$ the Benale and
Hume of Repre*enlatitet of the Uni-ted
.Store* of America in Congren
nuembled. That that portion of the
State of North Carolina comprising
the counties of Mecklenburg. Ca-barrus,
Stanly, Montgomery. Rich-therein,
be transferee] to the dis-trict
at Greensboro or Statesville,
as the judge may onler ; and all
necessary and proper process shall
ilsne and be made returnable in
said anits and prooeedlO£s to the
nett term of said courts, respect-iv$
y, for trial or snch other pro-ceedings
bad begun in said last
named courts; and the clerk of said
district court at Greensboro, shall
act aa clerk at said special conrt at
Snmner's of
mond, Darie, Daridson, Randolph, I Salisbury; andallsnits and other
i;\l.l'll liORRELL,
Ulnriic) and CoiiiiM-llor at Law,
Greensboro, N. C.,
MLL practice in the courta of Alaaaaui
\\ i iuilfonl and Kaudolph, nii'l
Dili No, '< Law K'nv on
i ] louae.
ktteiition ipven to colleeling
aim .- couiniitted to hi. care.
47, 1-71:1?
and
.1. M. Mullei
Clark & Mullen,
Alloi'iteys At LftM',
HALIFAX, N. C,
1)RACTICK iu all tbe Court, of Halifax,
Martin, Northampton and Edgecombe
■ . - In tbe Supreme Court of North
• and in the Federal Court..
'.V Uollectiona mad* in all parts "I North
Carolina. mar 14: ly
DENTAL SURGEON.
Dr. B. W. Scott,
of Baltimore Dental College.
ayT3Fra> Mi,.-.. Dm death of Dr. .1. W.
tJjWB8Bai|.,»i..tt, my old and much.
^^-A-t *- eeteemed friend and partner, I
thought it heal t.» let iny enatouani (wbo
have so liberally patronized us) know that
1 am still at the old office of llowlctt Jl
s. ,,it, iu Uarratt building. wl,uro I expect
lo prarlic,. llelitislrv al }'ric<s Ihnt raiinut
Mid at. The Denial College I at-tended
is considered tbe U-st in the world
ami the 7 rears experience 1 have bad
enables me to perform all o|HTationg in
the Dental profession flnfiataniiiiffji. ntatlg
i the ''.'f styles.
Call nod get one of my neat little books
,1 How to Save the Teeth."
I refer yon to any of the following natnoa
::iv ululitv as a Deutal Practitioner:
l>r. D. \V. C. BVnbow, D. 1). s.; Bngene
Moll head, CO. Vales, Sllelill Stiillold ;
l>r .1. K Hall. M D.J Dt. 11. II. Staple., M.
Ii : Hr H. \V. lUei.n, M. 1) : Robert .Sloan,
Jl : Col. Win. Scott, W. It. llogart. Col.
I. J.8ealea, Hubert Sloan. Sr.: Samuel Mc-
B'. s,11 .line. l.evi If. Seott, W.C.
Porter, Seymour Steele, Jesse Lindsay,
i apt. j. K. (iilmer, Kev. J. Henry Smith,
I'i John K. Logan, M. 1>. July Wtlj
Dental Notice!
W. V. BASON, M. D., D. D.S.,
(Of the Halt. .V PbiU.College*,)
Kaapeetiullv offers his service, a.
I) K X T 1ST.
S . Ii tm '•■ bwiiali (rv- f*»r aa |«w-
"mere operaton*' and ihe oi'-catlcil
N Ii Call* dinclffd to Haw Hirer Port
i■ ■-:. I«d ihf firtl oftportunhT.
I.i ■■ ; • ■:..'; V"' ".ir- ■ucmaalul praetic*;
ih<- nii'di.-al HUH dental NvtVanuaa; an«l tin*
-ml-«f Dental Keiurm. nar2fl:3ni
D. A. & R. F. ROBERTSON,
Surgc«eoii Dentists.
Having associa
ted themselves
in the practice of
DENTISTRY,
respectfully offer
their profeaaioh-al
services lo tbe
citizens of
GreeDaboro,
and liie siirrotiu-intrj.
' i ... or tbe other of them
■ ija be found at their office on
i> -eon.r up Mans, entrance East
Market Street.
Satisfactory reference given, if desired,
our rea]ieetive patrons during the
past twelve or fifteen vears. Sl&tf
WINDOW GLASS.
•Vholonnlo and Retail.
R. W. GLENH A*t SON,
Agent! lor Uanufaeture ot Window Glaaa,
"\V "'.'■'T" *" "'•"' »»'l 'pialitie. at New
' | lorkand fhilaaXpliia price* fteighl
Pancy Glass for Vestibules.
Glaaa to, iu\k „!„„„„, or gky-light
HOT-BED GLASS,
ItGliSSiPUTLte. - •. 1x3a
Gailford, Kockinghani, Stokes, Kor-syth,
Union, Anson, Caswell, Per-son,
Alamance, Orange, Chatham,
Moore, Clay, Cherokee, Swain, Ma-con,
Jackson, Graham, Haywood,
Transylvania, Henderson, Bun-combe,
Madison,Yanceyville,Mibch-ell,
Watauga, Asbe, Alleghany,
Caldwell, Barke, McDowell, Ruth-erford,
Polk, Cleveland, Gaston,
Lincoln.Catawba,Alexander,VYilkes
Surry, Iredell, Yatlkin and Rowan,
and all territory embraced therein
which may hereafter be erected in-to
new counties, shall hereafter con-stitute
a new judicial district, to be
called the western district of North
Carolina; and the circuit and dis-trict
courts of the United States
for said western district of North
Carolina shall be held in the towns
of Statesville, Asheville and Greens-boro,
within said district.
Sec. '2. That two terms of the cir-cuit
and districts courts of tbe
United States for said western dis-trict
of North Carolina shall be held
at the following times and places in
each year to wit: At Greeusboro,
beginning on tbe tlrst Monday In
April and in October ; at States-ville,
beginning on the third Mon-day
in April and in October; at
Asheville, beginning ou tbe first
Monday in May and in November.
Sec 3. That the district of North
Carolina shall hereafter consist of
the counties not named in this act,
iiml shall be called the eastern dis-trict
of North Carolina, and the
tciins of the circuit and district
courts therein shall lie held at the
times and places heretofore appoin-ted
and enacted.
Sec. 4 That tbe said circuit and
district courts for either of said dis-trict
may, iu their discretion, order
special terms thereof for the trial of
criminal ami civil issues at such
times and places as tbe court may
designate in said districts, and or-der
a grand and petit jury, or both,
to attend the same, by an Order to
be entered of record thirty days be-fore
the day at which said special
term shall be ordered to convene ;
and said courts, respectively, at
such special terms shall have all
the powers that they have at the
regular term appointed by law :—
Provided, hotcerer. That no sj>eeial
term of said circuit court for either
district shall be appointed except
by and with the concurrence aud
consent of tbe circuit judge.
Sec .">. That all suits and other
proceeding of whatever name or
nature, now pending iu the circuit
or district court of the United
States for the district of North Car-olina^
except as hereinafter provi
ded, shall be tried aud disposed of
in the circuit and district courts,
respectively, lor said eastern dis-trict,
as the same would have been
if this act had not beeu passed;
and for that purpose jurisdictiou is
reserved to the said courts in said
eastern district, and the clerks of
the circuit and district courts of the
present district of North Carolina
shall return the records and tiles ol
the said circuit and district courts
at the places heretofore appointed,
and to do and perform all the du
ties appertaining to their said offices
respectively, within theeastern dis-trict,
except hereinafter provided j
and nil process returnable to, or pro-ceedings
noticed for, any term ot
the present circuit or district court
shall be deemed to be returnable to
the next term of said courts, re-s|
M'ctively, in the said eastern dis-trict,
as fixed by this act.
Sec. C. That upon application of
any party to any suit or proceed-ings,
civil or criminal, now pend-ing
in the present circuit or district
court of tbe United States for the
present district of North Carolina,
which should have been commen-ced
iu the proper court for tbe west-ern
district ot North Carolina if
this act had beeu in force at the
time ot its commencement, such
suit or other proceedings shall be
removed for further proceedings to
tbe proper court for said western
district, aud thereupon the clerk
shall transmit the original papers,
and copies of all orders made there-in,
to the clerk of the court to
which said suit or proceedings shall
be removed for trial or snch other
proceedings therein as if the said
suit or proceedings had originally
been commenced tbereiu; the dis-trict
attorney of said western dis-trict
to designate the court to which
all suits aud proceeding, and in-dictments
aud criminal proceedings,
wherein the United States is plain-till,
shall be removed,and the plain-till,
or his attorney,in nil other snits
to designate the court to which they
shall In- transferred : but no suit,
indictment, or criminal proceedings
where bail is required of a defend-ant,
shall be transferred nutil prop-er
bail is given for him to appear
accordingly: I'rocitled, That all
suits and other proceeding, both
criminal and civil, now pending iu
the Cape Fear district court ot the
United States, at Salisbury, with
all the original papers therein, shall
be transferred for trial or snch oth-er
proceedings as shall be meet and
proper to a .special term of the dis-trict
of the United States, for said
westeru district of North Carolina,
to be held at Salisbury, beginning
on tbe second Monday in Angnst,
A. 1). eighteen hundred and seven-ty-
two ; and all said suits and pro-ceedings
not then finally disposed
of shall, with the original papers
proceedings, both criminal and civ-il,
pending at tbe late term ot tbe
United States district conit for the
Cape Fear district, held at Marion,
beginning on the third Monday Au-gust,
eighteen hundred and seven-ty-
one, aud not then finally dispos-ed
of, shall,with the original papers
therein, be transferred to a special
term ot the district conrt for said
westeru district, to be held at Ashe-
Tille, North Caroliua, beginning on
the third Mouday iu August, eight-een
hundred and seventy-two, to be
theu and there tried, or such other
proceedings had therein as may be
meet and proper, according to the
practice of the court, aud all such
suits and proceedings as shall not
then be filially disposed of shall lie
continued on the docket of. said
court, at Asheville, to the next term
thereof, aud in the meantime all
necessary aud proper process shall
issue from said last named court
and be returnable thereto, and such
proceedings bad therein, as if the
original proceedings had begun
in said court, and the clerk of said
court at Asheville shall act as clerk
of said special court at Asheville.
Sec. 7. That the passage ol this
act shall not have the effect to de-stroy
or impair the lien of any
judgment or decree rendered by tbe
circuit court of the. United States
for the present district of North
Carolina prior to this act taking ef-fect:
and final process on any judg-ment
or decree entered in the cir-cuit
or district court of the United
States for the district of North
Caroliua, or which shall be enter-ed
therein, prior to this act taking
effect, aud all other process for the
enforcemx-ut of any- order of said
couns, respectively, iu any cause
or preceedings now pending tbere-iu,
except causes or proceedings re-moved
as herein provided, shall be
issued from, aud be returnable to,
the proper court for the eastern dis-trict
of North Carolina, and may
be directed to, and executed by the
marshal of tbe United States for
the said eastern district, in any part
of the State of Nortli Carolina.
Sec. 8. That there shall be ap-pointed
a district judge for the
said westeru district of North Car-olina,
who shall receive an annual
salary of three thousand live hun-dred
dollars; aud there shall also
be appointed a district attorney of
the United States for the said west-ern
district of North Caroliua, who
shall receive such fees aud compen-sation,
and exercise such powers
and perform such duties, as are fix-ed
and enjoined by law.
Sec. !'. That the circuit and dis-trict
judges shall appoint three
clerks, each of whom shall be clerks
both of the circuit aud district
courts for said western district of
North Caroliua, one of whom shall
reside and keep his office at States-ville,
and the third of whom shall
reside and keep his office at Greens-boro,
who shall receive the fees and
compensation for services perform-ed
by them now fixed by law.
Sec. 10. That either of the clerks
of the district and circuit courts for
said western district of North Car-oliua
is hereby authorized, under
the direction of the district judge
of said westeru district and circuit
courts of the United States, re-maining
iu the office of the clerks
of said eastern district, of all mat-ters
and proceedings which relate
to, or concern leins upon, or titles
to real estate situate iu said west-ern
district, aud for that purpose
shall have access to said records iu
the office of said clerks insaitl east-ern
district, aud such transcripts,
when so made by either of said
clerks, shall be certified to, to be
true aud correct, by the clerk ma-king
the same, and the same when
so made and certified, shall be evi-dence
iu all courts and places equal-ly
with said originals.
Arraignment
Grant.
In the pamphlet form, Mr. Somner
bas placed on the title-page the fol-lowing
mottoes:
"Soeratee—Then whom do yea call tbe
goodt
Aleibideaa—I meM Dy the good those
who are able to rule In tbe city.
Soeratee—Not, *arely, over horses.
Aleibladea—Certainly not.
Soeratee—But over men f
Ale i biade*—Tee."
[Plato, Dlalognee. The Pint Alcldia-dee.]
" Among the foremoit ncn-noeee ought
te be the downfall ot tin* odious, insul-ting,
degrading, aid daroanpiah, incapa-ble
dictatorship. At each a erWe I* the
country to be left at the merer of bar-rack
council* and ma toaaa politic, f"—
[Letter of Lord Durham to Heury
Brougham, Aug., 1830. Brougham'* Life
and Tinn-s, Vol. ill, p. 41.
SALIENT POINTS OF THF. SPKKCH.
A teacher questioning little boys
alum! the gradations iu the scale of
being, asked : "What comes next
to man?" Aud here a little shaver
who was evidently smarting under
a defeat in a previous question, im-mediately
distanced all competitors,
by promptly shouting,-'-His under-shirt,
inarm P
An Irishman was speaking of the
excellence of a telescope. "Do you
sec that wee speck on the edge" of
the hilt yonder f That, now, is my
old pig, though hardly to be seen :
but when I look at him with my
glass, it brings him so near that I
can plainly hear him grunt.**
" Well Sambo what's yer up to
uow-a-days I"
'•(), I is a carp'ner and j inner."
" lie! I guess yer is. What de-partment
do you perform T"'
"What department T" "Why I
does the circular work.""
"What's datr
"Why, I turns de grindstone."'
"Gway."
A little four year old child in
Portland told his father he was a
fool. Ou being reprimanded by bis
mother and required to say he was
sorry, he toddled up to the insulted
parent aud exclaimed, "Papa, I'm
sorry you's a fool P
"That motion is out of order,"
said the chairman of a meeting,
when a rowdy raised his arm the
purpose of throwing an egg.
Domestic receipts—babies.
Mr. President, I have no hesita-tion
in declaring myself a member
of the Republican party, and one
of the straitest of the sect. To
such a party, with which so much
of my life is entwined, I have no
common attachment. Not with-out
a pang can I see it suffer, not
without a pang can I see it changed
from its original character, for such
a change is death. Therefore do I
ask, with no common feeling, that
the peril which menaces it may
pass" nway. I stood by its cradle ;
let me not follow its hearse. The
Republican party was necessary and
permanent, always on an ascending
plane. For such a party there was
no death, but higher life and no-bler
aims; and this was the party
to which I gave my vows. But alas!
how changed. Once country was
the object, and not a man ; once
priuciple was inscribed ou the vic-torious
banners, aud not a uatno
only.
REPUBLICAN PARTY SEIZED BY THE
PRESIDENT.
It is not difficult to iudicate wheu
this disastrous change, exalting the
will of one man above all else, lie-came
not merely manifest but pain-fully
conspicuous. Already it had
begun to show itself in personal pre-teni
ions.to which I shall refer soon,
wheu suddenly, and without any
warning through tbe public press
or any expression from public opin-ion,
tbe 1'resideut elected by the
Republican party precipitated upon
the country an ill-considered scheme
for the annexation of a portion of
the island of Santo Domingo, in
presence of a treaty negotiated by
a person of his own household, styl-ing
himself "Aide-de-cainp of the
President of the United States." I
should gladly leave this matter to
the judgment already recorded, if it
were not put in issue again by the
extraordiny efforts radiating on ev-ery
line of office, to press its author
for a second term as President.
PRESIDENTIAL I'RETENTIONS.
"On what meat doth this onrC.T-sar
feed,*' that he should assume so |
much! No honor for victory in war
can justify disobedience to the Con-stitution
and to law; nor can it
afford t''e least apology for any per-sonal
immunity, privilege or license
iu the Presidential office.
Not only are Constitution and law
disregartled, but tbe Presidential
office itself is treated as little more
than a plaything aud a perquisite—
wheu not the former, then the latter.
Here the details are ample—show-ing
how from the beginning this
exalted trust has dropped to be a
personal indulgence, where palace
cars, fast horses aud seaside loiter-ings
figure more than duties ; how
personal aims and objects have beeu
more prominent than the public in-terests
; how the Presidential office
has beeu used to advance his own
family ou a scale of nepotism dwarf-ing
everything of tbe kind iu our
history,and hardly equaled iu the
corrupt Governments where this
abuse has most prevailed; how iu
the same spirit office has been con-ferred
npou those from whom he
had received gifts or benefits, thus
making the country repay his per-sonal
obligations; how personal de-votion
to himself, rather than pub-lic
or party service, has been made
the staudard ot favor; how the vast
appointing power conferred by the
Constitution for tbe general welfare
has been employed a,t his will to
promote his schemes, to reward his
friends, to punish his opi>oncnts,
aud to advance his election to a
sccoud term; how all these assump-tions
have matured in a perional
government, semi-military iu charac-ter
aud breathing themilitary spirit.
beiug a species of Cajsarism or per-tonalitem
abborant to Republicau in-stitutions,
where subservience to
the President is the supreme law ;
how in maintaining the subservience
he has operated by a system of
combinations, military.political, and
even Senatorial, having their orbits
about him, so that, like the planet
Saturn, he is surrounded by rings ;
nor does the similitude end here.for
his rings, like those of the planet,
are held iu position by satelites.
PERSONAL GOVERNMENT UNBEPCB-LICAN.
President has offended in this wav I
is, unhappily, too at parent.
TWrriMONY OF THE LATE EDWI1
M. STANTON.
Something, also, must be attribut-ed
to individual character; and
nere I express no opinion of my own
—i snail allow another to speak In
solemn words echoed from the
toino.
On reaching Washington at the
JS-yo'Ooa-wai in December,
i*»«, I was paiued to hear that. Mr.
fstanton, lately Secretary of War,
was lo failing health. As I enteredhis
bedroom, where I found him reclin-ing
on ■ sofa, propped by pillows,
he reached out his hand, already
clammy cold, and in reply to my in
quiry, "How are your answered
"Waiting for my furlough." Then
at once, with singular solemnity, he
said, "I have something to say to
you." When I was seated he pro-ceeded,
without one word of intro-duction
: "I know General Grant
better than any other iierson iu the
country can know him. It was my
duty to study him, and I did so
night and day, when I saw him and
when I did nut see him, and now I
tell you what I know : lie can not
govern thin country."
Personal government is autocrat-ic.
It is the one-man power eleva-ted
above all else, and is, therefore,
in direct couflict with republican
government whose consummate form
is tripartite—cxecntive,Legislative,
aud Judicial—each independentaud
coequal.
A government of laws and not
of men is the object of republican
government; nay, more, it is the
distinctive essence without which it
becomes a tyranny. Therefore per-sonal
government in all its forms,
and especially when it seeks to sway
the action of any other branch or
overturn its constitutional negative,
is hostile to the first principles of
republican institutions, and an un-questionable
outrage. That our
NEPOTISM OF THE PRF.S1DENT.
There has beeu no eall of Con-gress
for a return of the relations
holding office, stipend, or mouey-making
opportunity under the
President. But tho newspapers
have placed beyond question for
judgment ou this extraordinary
case, although thus far tliere has
been no- attempt to appreciate it,
especially in the light of history —
One list makes the number of i>eu-elioiaries
as many as 42—being,
probably, every known person al-lied
to the President by blood or
marriage. Persons sccmi*ugtos|)eak
for the President, or at least after
careful inquries, have denied the
accurracy of this list reducing it to
13. It will uot be questioned that
there is at least a baker's dozen in
this category—13 relations of the
President billeted on the country,
not one of whom but for this re-lationship
would have been brought
forward, tho whole constituting a
case of nepotism not unworthy of
the worst governments where office
is a family possession.
Beyond the list of 13 are other
revelations, showing that this
strange abuse did not stop with the
President's relatives, but that these
relations obtained appointments
forotherein their ciicle. so that
every relation became a centre of
influence, while the Presidential
family extended indefinitely.
GIFT TAKING OFFICIALLY COM-PENSATED.
From one typical abuse I pass lo
another. From a dropsical nepo-tism
swollen to elephantiasis,which
nobody can defend, I pass to gift-taking,
which with our President
has assumed an uiipiecented form.
Sometimes public men even iu our
country have taken gilts, but it is
uot known that any President 1K--
fore has repaid the patron with
office. For a public man to take
gifts is reprehensible: for a Presi-dent
to select Cabinet councillors
and other officers among those from
whom he has taken gilrs is an an-omaly
in Republican annuls. Ob-serve,
sir, that I speak of it gently,
unwilling to exhibit the indignation
which such a Presidential preten-sion
is calculated to arouse. The
country will judge it, and blot it
out as an example.
The case of our President is ex-ceptional.
Notoriously he has
taken gilts while iu the public ser-vice—
some, at least, after be had
been elected President—until "the
Galena tanner of a few hundred
dollars a year, "to borrow the words
of my colleague | Mr. Wilson), one
of his supporters, is now rich in
houses, lands and stock, above his
salary, being probably the richest
President since GeorgeWashington.
Notoriously, lu lias appointed to
his Cabinet several among these
" Greeks bearing gifts," without
seeming to see tbe indecoi urn, if not
tbe indecency, of the transaction.
ILLEGAL MILITARY RING AT
ECUTIVE MANSION.
To the dishonor of the civil
vice and in total disregard to
Haiieck and Gen. Sherman protest-ed,
the former, in bis report of Oc-wber24,
1870 saving,^T respect-fully
rei*at the recommendation of
my last annual report, that milita-ry
officers should not interfere in
local civil difficulties unless called
ont in the manner provided by law;"
and the latter, in his report of No-vember
10,1870, says :—I think the
soldiers ought not to be expected to
make individual arrests or to do
any act of violence except in their
capacity as njMMa oesritofia, duly
summoned by the United States
Marshal and acting in his personal
presence;" and so this miliurv pre-tention
>r.vading civil affairs' was
arrested.
Meau while this same Presiden-ts
usurpation, subordinating all
to himself, became palpable in an-other
form. It was said of Gusta-vus
Adolphus that he drilled his
Diet to vote at the word of com-mand.
Such at the outset, seemed
to be the Presidential policy with
regard to Congres. We were to
vote as he desired.
INTERFERENCE IN LOCAL POLITICS.
The assumption of his central im-perialurn,
be has interfered with
political questions and party move-ments
In distant States reaching
into Missouri and then into New
York to dictate how the people
should vote; then manipulating
Louisiana through a brother-in-law
appointed Collector. With him a
Custom House seems less a place
for the collection of revenue than an
engine for political influence,through
which bis dictatorship may be
maintained. Authentic testimony
places this tyrannical abuse beyond
question. New York is the scene
and Thomas Murphy, Collector, the
1 residential Lien tenant. Nobody
doubts the intimacy between the
President and the Collector, who
are bound together by other ties
than those of the seaside neighbor-hood.
But New York is not the only
scene of this outrage. The Presi-dential
pretension extends every-where,
nor is it easy to measure the
arrogance of corruption or the hon-est
indignation that it quickens into
life,
QUAR-EX-pre-
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ccdent.lhe President, surrOunde.f men; it is no longer a political par- ».s.w..., »..~ — .. , , lint n lu.rsnin ivirle 1-Vi. fYii-himself
with officers of the army
and substituted military forms for
those of civil life, detailing for this
service members of his late staff.—
The earliest public notice of this
military occupation appeared in the
Daily Morning Chronicle, of March
«, 1800, understood to be tho offl
cial organ of the Administration :
"President Grant was not at the
White Boose yesterday,but the fol-lowing
members of his staff were
occupying the Secretaries' rooms
and acting as snch : Gens. Bab-cock,
Porter, Badeau and Dent."
Thus installed, army officers be-came
secretaries of the President,
delivering his messages to both
Houses of Congress, and even au-thenticating
Presidential acts as if
they were military orders. Here
for instance is an official communi-cation
:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, »
Maicb 15,1800. j"
To Robert Martin Douglas, Esq.
—Sir: Yon are hereby appointed
Assistant Private Secretary to the
President to date from March 15th,
1969.
By order ol the President.
n<>RACE POUTER,
Brevet Brig. Gen. Sec.
MILITARY INTERFERENCE AT ELEC-TIONS.
Then followed military interfer-ence
iu elections aud repeated use
of the military in aid of the reven-ue
law under ciriumstances of
doubtful legality, uutil at last Gen.
THE GREAT PRESIDENTIAL
REI.LER.
As in ncpoti8m,gift taking official-ly
compensated, and Presidential
pretensions generally, here again he
is foremost, having quarrelled not
only more than any other President,
but more than all others together,
from George Washington to him-self.
His own Cabinet, the Senate,
the'IIouse of Representatives the
diplomatic service and the civil ser-vice
generally—all have their vic-tims,
nearly every one of whom
licsidcs serving the Republican
party, had helped to make him
President. Nor have army officers,
his companions in the field, or even
his generous petrous been exempt
to him. A quarrel is not only a
constant necessity, but a perquisite
of office. To nurse a quarrel, like
tending a horse, is iu his Presiden-tial
duties How idle must he be
should the words of Shakespeare be
fulfilled, "This day all quarrels die "
To him may be applied these other
words of Shakespeare, "As quar-relsome
as the weasel."
DUTY OF THE BEPCBLICAN PAETY.
Here I stop. And now the ques-tion
of duly is presented to the Re-publican
party. 1 like that word.
It is at the maudate of duty that
we must act Do the Presidential
pretensions merit the sanction of
the party! Can Republicans, with-out
departing from all obligations,
whether of party or patriotism, re-cognize
our ambitions Ciesar as a
proper representative! Can we take
the fearful responsibility of his
prolonged empire? I put these ques-tions
solcmiily as a member of the
Republican party, with all earnest-ness
of a life devoted to the tri-umph
of this party, which I served
always with the conviction that I
gave up nothing that was meant for
the country or mankind. With me
the party was the country and man-kind
; but with tbe adoption of all
these Presidential preUnsions tbe
party loses its sphere. Its creed
ceases to bo Republicanism and be-comes
Grantism; its members cease
to be Republicans and become Grant
ty, but a personal party. For my
self, I say openly, I am no man's
man, nor do I belong to any person-al
party.
The attempt to change the char-acter
of tho Republican party be-gins
by assault on the principle of
one term for President.
Let not Congress adjourn without
passing tbe one-term amendment to
the Constitution. There never has
been so favorable an opportunity.
All parties are in favor of it; Gen-eral
Grant is iu favor of it; the par-ty
that supports General Grant de-mands
it, and, above all, public
morality calls for it. The President
desiring re-election becomes the ac-tive
head of
THREE CO-OPEBATIVE ARMIES,
the army of office-holders, 80,000
strong; ihe larger army of office
seekers, and the army of the polit-cal
party, the whole constituting a
consolidated power which no candi-date
can possess without peril to
bis country. Of these vast co-ope-rating
armies the President is com-manib-
i iu-chief and generalissimo.
THE LIMITATION TO ONE TEEM.
There is a demand for reform in
the civil service, and tbe President
formally adopts this demand, but
he neglects tbe flrst step, which de-pends
only on himself. From this
we may judge bis little earnestness
in tbe cause. Beyond all question
civil service reform must begin with
a limitation of the President to one
term, so that the temptation to use
tbe appointing power for personal
ends may disappear from oar sy»
tem, and this great disturbing force
cease to exist In the name of the
one-term principle, once recognized
by him, and which need no other
evidence ot iu necessity Ohan bis
own Presidency, I protest against
the attempt to obtain another lease
of power—but this protest is on the
threshold.
CNFiTNESS FOR THB PRESIDENTIAL
OFFICE •
I protest against him as radically
unfit for the Presidential office, be
ing essentially military in nature,
without aptitude for civil duties,
and without knowledge of republi-cs!
institutions, all of which is per-fectly
apparent, unless we are rea-dyto
assume that the matters and
atrrngs ant forth to-day are of no ac-account,
and then declare in forth
er support of the candidate, boldly,
that nepotism In a President is noth-ing,
that gilt-taking with repay-ment
in offlciaJ patronage is noth
ing; that violation of tbe Consti-tution
and of law internatiehal and
municipal is nothing; that indigni
ty to the African race is nothing,
that quarrel with political associates
is nothing, and that all his Presi,
dential pretentious, in their motley
•Kgregations, being a new C»sar-i8m
or personal government, are
nothing. But if these are all noth
ing; nor is there any safeguard for
republican institution.
INEYEEY DIRECTION IS JaTTDDLB,
muddle with 'Spain, muddle with
Cnba, muddle with the black re-public,
muddle with distant Cores,
muddle with Venezuela, muddle
with Rusia, muddle with England ;
on all sides one diversified muddle.
[Laughter.) To this condition are
we red need..
"FrnST IN QUARREL WTTH HIS
COUNTRYMEN."
Anxiously, earnestly tho country
asks for reform and stands on tip-toe
to greet its coming. But how
expect reform from a President who
needs it so much himself t Who
shall reform the reformer f So also
does the country ask for purity;
but is it not in vain to seek this
boon from one whose Presidential
pretensions are so demoralizing 1
Who shall purify the purifier t The
country asks for reform in the civil
service. But how expect any such
change from one who will not allow
the Presidential officefb be secured
agaiust its worst temptation 1 If
he fraternizes with jobbers and
Hessians, where is the limit to the
demoralization that mnst ensue 1
Necessarily the public service takes
its character from its elected chief,
and the whole country reflects the
President. His example is a law,
bntabad example must be corrected
as a bad law.
APPEAL TO THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY.
With unmistakable interest will
the country watch the National
Convention at Philadelphia. It
may be an assembly, nnd snch is my
bope,|where ideas aud principles are
above all personcl pretension and
THE UNITY OF THE PARTY
is symbolized in the candidate ; er
it may add another to Presidential
rings, being an expansion of tbe
military ring at the Executive
Mansion, the Senatorial ring in this
chamber, and the political ring in
thcCnstom House oi New York and
New Orleans. A National Conven-tion,
which is a Presidential ling,
cannot represent the Republican
party. Much rather would I see the
party to which I am dedicated un-der
tbe image of. a life boat, not
to be suuk by wind or wave. How
often have I said this to. cheer my
comrades f I do uot fear the Dem-ocratic
party—nothing from them
can harm our life boat; but I do
fear a quarrel. Some pilot uuused
to sea,but pretentious iu command,
who occupies himself in loading
aboard his own unserviceable rela-tions
and personal patrons, while
he drives away the experienced
seamen who know the craftand her
voyage—here is a peril which no
life-boat can stand. Meanwhile 1
wait the determination of the Na-tional
Convention, where are dele-gates
from my own much-honored
Commonwealth with whom I rejoice
to act. Not without anxiety do I
wait with tbe earnest hope that the
Convention will bring the Rcpubli
can party into ancient harmony,
saving it especially from the suici-dal
folly of an issue on the personal
pretensions ofone man.
Voices of the night—cats.
The spenthrift's prayer—"Leave
me a loan, will youF
The ring is an unbending topic
of yoang and-marriageable ladies.
The mosquito, as a public singer,
draws well, but never gives satis
faction.
Tbey make shoes from the skin of
the walrus, but an eel is already a
perfect slipper.
An Alabama cemetrey bears tbe
inscription overjts entrance, "Posi-tively
no admittance here "
"Nine, sir,1" observed a social
scourge. "I can speak nine langua-ges
distinctly; but my father, when
alive, could speak no less than tit
teeu." "I knew a man wbo could
Bpeak five-and-twenty ; and he nev-er
said anything worth hearing in
any one of them."*
The great pyramid of Kgypt weighs
13,670,0110,000 tons, and'according
to Herodotns it took the labor ot
100,000 men twenty years to build it.
Dr. Lardner affirms that 480 tons of
coal, with an engine and hoisting
machine, would have raised every
atone to its position.
TIM ate&krnpt Law.
The House of Repre*«na**tfvM on
Tuesday last pacsed a very impor-tant
bin, which, however, we sup-pose,
will scarcely be passed by the
Senate at this session. It amends
the bankrupt law in many particu-lars.
The circuit conrt is to asppeiat
registers. It allows the amarabaJ to
appoint deputies to help him in
bankrupt cases, but cuts off con-structive
mileage. &c
The MM bill aUotci »U mtemwtiont
allotcedby any 8tate Ime on the lit
day of January, 1871. This will
save to bankrupts in Virginia two
thousand dollars' worth of proper-ty.
It also exempts a widow's djw-er,
or other estate in lieu thereof, if
the State law so provides ; also lite
insurance to the amount of five
thousand dollars.
No cost is allowed the assignee
where he recovers in a suit la a
Federal court for less than #500.
No person ean be declared an in.
voluntary bankrupt (except upon
his own application—Iriek Bull)
unless his probable indebtedness
exceed 03,000.
Liens acquired under State laws
aud without collusion prior te pro-
•jJHf* iu bankn,PteJ'aUu11 ^ r*>
A voluntary bankrupt most pay
fifty percent, of his proven indebt.
edness aflm- July laea. (Bo we un-derstand
the bill to change the
law.)
No State court shall inq>cach a
bankrupt's certificate of discharge.
And seme other changes. We
shall publish the bill when it be-comes
a law—Sick. Dinpateh.
tdT The law referred to hero baa
passed since the above waa written.
—ED. PATRIOT.
Washington and Grant.
Mr. Snmner, in adducing the ex-ample
of Washington against gift-taking,
pays Colonel Forney a com-pliment
:
How admirably he (Washington)
touches the point when be asks, "It
I accepted this; should loot hence-forward
be considered a depeodantT
According to our Scripture, the gift
blinds the eyes, according to Wash-ington
it makes tbe receiver a de-pendent.
In harmony with this sen-timent
was his subsequent refusal
when President, as is recorded by an
ingenious writer:
unewaa exceedingly careful about
committing himself, would receive M
AMWrae/eMf kind, and serapojoaaly
paid for everything. A large boose
was set apart for him on Ninth street,
on the grounds now covered by the
I ennsylvania University,'whioh be
refused to accept."— ColonelForney;
Anccdotet.
By such instances brought to light
recently, and shining in contrast
with our times, we learn to admire
anew tbe virtue of Washington.
« - _■
A Compliment Indeed.—Speaking
of the old line party leaders of the
South, G. A. Towusend says:
"Did you ever thiuk what a great
race of men live at tbe South, to
have been subject to tbe licentious
and profligate contact of slavery for
twenty generations, and still pre-serve
such energies and so much
manly character! We miss them
from our public counsels to-day.
How capable and direct they were
in foreign diplomacy—courtesy and
chivalry, truth and death, iu their
address. Then, slaveholders as we
were, '.ho world knew that we said
not more than we meant We did
not needlessly irritate our peers
among the nations with sardonic
sentences like ltancrofl Davis.
With tho glove in his hand,and the
salk of a king's herald, the .South-erner
made his proposition to tbe
foreigner. Of him it might he said
us of Cromwell:
"While he l'.ved, no Dutihmun
swept the narrow seas! No Cast!.-.
mames dishonored the high places!
Vice and folly trembled in his eye,
and all good things lay safe beneath
his mighty shadow." "
Arming the Negroes In the dis-cussion
at Wbiieville, Judge Moars
made Caldwell confess that he had
consented to the arming of negroes
in Wilmington in the last few weeks.
Caltlwell's excuse was that in as
much as he had allowed Col. Ring-bams
pupils tho use of tbe State
arms, he was therefore justifiable
in pennitting his Adjutant General
to furnish arms to a volunteer ne-gro
company, which baa been or-ganized
iu Wilmington, and, aa the
Journal says, "is drilling almost
every night until midnight"
Judge Mears told Gov. Caldwell
that the arming of negro volunteer
military companies would cost him
five thonsaud votes, and we believe
'.bat Judge Meats is right
The Governor can find plenty of
law for arming negro military com-panies,
but he can find none to sup-press
the outrages of the Robeson-ian
outlaws —Italeigk A'ewa,
— ......
An Iowa pa|>er says tbe lion of
tbe day is the dandelion.
An exchange tells
disaster where three
the dust."
of a marine
seamen "bit
The Rock Ahead—What a young
husband sees when the cradle is
brought home-
An Ohio woman has planted
three husbands, and on the tomb-stone
of each she has placed the
words: "We will meet in heaven,
husband.dear." Looks like trouble
'ahead, doesn't it.
"Did your wife have an income
last year V asked an internal rev-enue
officer of a citizen.
"Yes, she had twins—both girls,"
The officer concluded it was a
pretty liberal income.
A story is told of a Scotchman
who went to a lawyer foradvice,and
detailed the circumstances of the
case. "Have you told me the facts
precisely as tbey occurred" said tbe
lawyer. "Oh ay, sir I I thought it
best to tell ye tbe plain truth. Ye
can put the lies iu yourself."
" Mamma," said a precious Mttle
boy, who,against his will was made
to rock the cradle of his baby broth-er,
"if the Lord has any more babies
to give away don't you take 'em."*

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Gailford, Kockinghani, Stokes, Kor-syth,
Union, Anson, Caswell, Per-son,
Alamance, Orange, Chatham,
Moore, Clay, Cherokee, Swain, Ma-con,
Jackson, Graham, Haywood,
Transylvania, Henderson, Bun-combe,
Madison,Yanceyville,Mibch-ell,
Watauga, Asbe, Alleghany,
Caldwell, Barke, McDowell, Ruth-erford,
Polk, Cleveland, Gaston,
Lincoln.Catawba,Alexander,VYilkes
Surry, Iredell, Yatlkin and Rowan,
and all territory embraced therein
which may hereafter be erected in-to
new counties, shall hereafter con-stitute
a new judicial district, to be
called the western district of North
Carolina; and the circuit and dis-trict
courts of the United States
for said western district of North
Carolina shall be held in the towns
of Statesville, Asheville and Greens-boro,
within said district.
Sec. '2. That two terms of the cir-cuit
and districts courts of tbe
United States for said western dis-trict
of North Carolina shall be held
at the following times and places in
each year to wit: At Greeusboro,
beginning on tbe tlrst Monday In
April and in October ; at States-ville,
beginning on the third Mon-day
in April and in October; at
Asheville, beginning ou tbe first
Monday in May and in November.
Sec 3. That the district of North
Carolina shall hereafter consist of
the counties not named in this act,
iiml shall be called the eastern dis-trict
of North Carolina, and the
tciins of the circuit and district
courts therein shall lie held at the
times and places heretofore appoin-ted
and enacted.
Sec. 4 That tbe said circuit and
district courts for either of said dis-trict
may, iu their discretion, order
special terms thereof for the trial of
criminal ami civil issues at such
times and places as tbe court may
designate in said districts, and or-der
a grand and petit jury, or both,
to attend the same, by an Order to
be entered of record thirty days be-fore
the day at which said special
term shall be ordered to convene ;
and said courts, respectively, at
such special terms shall have all
the powers that they have at the
regular term appointed by law :—
Provided, hotcerer. That no sj>eeial
term of said circuit court for either
district shall be appointed except
by and with the concurrence aud
consent of tbe circuit judge.
Sec .">. That all suits and other
proceeding of whatever name or
nature, now pending iu the circuit
or district court of the United
States for the district of North Car-olina^
except as hereinafter provi
ded, shall be tried aud disposed of
in the circuit and district courts,
respectively, lor said eastern dis-trict,
as the same would have been
if this act had not beeu passed;
and for that purpose jurisdictiou is
reserved to the said courts in said
eastern district, and the clerks of
the circuit and district courts of the
present district of North Carolina
shall return the records and tiles ol
the said circuit and district courts
at the places heretofore appointed,
and to do and perform all the du
ties appertaining to their said offices
respectively, within theeastern dis-trict,
except hereinafter provided j
and nil process returnable to, or pro-ceedings
noticed for, any term ot
the present circuit or district court
shall be deemed to be returnable to
the next term of said courts, re-s|
M'ctively, in the said eastern dis-trict,
as fixed by this act.
Sec. C. That upon application of
any party to any suit or proceed-ings,
civil or criminal, now pend-ing
in the present circuit or district
court of tbe United States for the
present district of North Carolina,
which should have been commen-ced
iu the proper court for tbe west-ern
district ot North Carolina if
this act had beeu in force at the
time ot its commencement, such
suit or other proceedings shall be
removed for further proceedings to
tbe proper court for said western
district, aud thereupon the clerk
shall transmit the original papers,
and copies of all orders made there-in,
to the clerk of the court to
which said suit or proceedings shall
be removed for trial or snch other
proceedings therein as if the said
suit or proceedings had originally
been commenced tbereiu; the dis-trict
attorney of said western dis-trict
to designate the court to which
all suits aud proceeding, and in-dictments
aud criminal proceedings,
wherein the United States is plain-till,
shall be removed,and the plain-till,
or his attorney,in nil other snits
to designate the court to which they
shall In- transferred : but no suit,
indictment, or criminal proceedings
where bail is required of a defend-ant,
shall be transferred nutil prop-er
bail is given for him to appear
accordingly: I'rocitled, That all
suits and other proceeding, both
criminal and civil, now pending iu
the Cape Fear district court ot the
United States, at Salisbury, with
all the original papers therein, shall
be transferred for trial or snch oth-er
proceedings as shall be meet and
proper to a .special term of the dis-trict
of the United States, for said
westeru district of North Carolina,
to be held at Salisbury, beginning
on tbe second Monday in Angnst,
A. 1). eighteen hundred and seven-ty-
two ; and all said suits and pro-ceedings
not then finally disposed
of shall, with the original papers
proceedings, both criminal and civ-il,
pending at tbe late term ot tbe
United States district conit for the
Cape Fear district, held at Marion,
beginning on the third Monday Au-gust,
eighteen hundred and seven-ty-
one, aud not then finally dispos-ed
of, shall,with the original papers
therein, be transferred to a special
term ot the district conrt for said
westeru district, to be held at Ashe-
Tille, North Caroliua, beginning on
the third Mouday iu August, eight-een
hundred and seventy-two, to be
theu and there tried, or such other
proceedings had therein as may be
meet and proper, according to the
practice of the court, aud all such
suits and proceedings as shall not
then be filially disposed of shall lie
continued on the docket of. said
court, at Asheville, to the next term
thereof, aud in the meantime all
necessary aud proper process shall
issue from said last named court
and be returnable thereto, and such
proceedings bad therein, as if the
original proceedings had begun
in said court, and the clerk of said
court at Asheville shall act as clerk
of said special court at Asheville.
Sec. 7. That the passage ol this
act shall not have the effect to de-stroy
or impair the lien of any
judgment or decree rendered by tbe
circuit court of the. United States
for the present district of North
Carolina prior to this act taking ef-fect:
and final process on any judg-ment
or decree entered in the cir-cuit
or district court of the United
States for the district of North
Caroliua, or which shall be enter-ed
therein, prior to this act taking
effect, aud all other process for the
enforcemx-ut of any- order of said
couns, respectively, iu any cause
or preceedings now pending tbere-iu,
except causes or proceedings re-moved
as herein provided, shall be
issued from, aud be returnable to,
the proper court for the eastern dis-trict
of North Carolina, and may
be directed to, and executed by the
marshal of tbe United States for
the said eastern district, in any part
of the State of Nortli Carolina.
Sec. 8. That there shall be ap-pointed
a district judge for the
said westeru district of North Car-olina,
who shall receive an annual
salary of three thousand live hun-dred
dollars; aud there shall also
be appointed a district attorney of
the United States for the said west-ern
district of North Caroliua, who
shall receive such fees aud compen-sation,
and exercise such powers
and perform such duties, as are fix-ed
and enjoined by law.
Sec. !'. That the circuit and dis-trict
judges shall appoint three
clerks, each of whom shall be clerks
both of the circuit aud district
courts for said western district of
North Caroliua, one of whom shall
reside and keep his office at States-ville,
and the third of whom shall
reside and keep his office at Greens-boro,
who shall receive the fees and
compensation for services perform-ed
by them now fixed by law.
Sec. 10. That either of the clerks
of the district and circuit courts for
said western district of North Car-oliua
is hereby authorized, under
the direction of the district judge
of said westeru district and circuit
courts of the United States, re-maining
iu the office of the clerks
of said eastern district, of all mat-ters
and proceedings which relate
to, or concern leins upon, or titles
to real estate situate iu said west-ern
district, aud for that purpose
shall have access to said records iu
the office of said clerks insaitl east-ern
district, aud such transcripts,
when so made by either of said
clerks, shall be certified to, to be
true aud correct, by the clerk ma-king
the same, and the same when
so made and certified, shall be evi-dence
iu all courts and places equal-ly
with said originals.
Arraignment
Grant.
In the pamphlet form, Mr. Somner
bas placed on the title-page the fol-lowing
mottoes:
"Soeratee—Then whom do yea call tbe
goodt
Aleibideaa—I meM Dy the good those
who are able to rule In tbe city.
Soeratee—Not, *arely, over horses.
Aleibladea—Certainly not.
Soeratee—But over men f
Ale i biade*—Tee."
[Plato, Dlalognee. The Pint Alcldia-dee.]
" Among the foremoit ncn-noeee ought
te be the downfall ot tin* odious, insul-ting,
degrading, aid daroanpiah, incapa-ble
dictatorship. At each a erWe I* the
country to be left at the merer of bar-rack
council* and ma toaaa politic, f"—
[Letter of Lord Durham to Heury
Brougham, Aug., 1830. Brougham'* Life
and Tinn-s, Vol. ill, p. 41.
SALIENT POINTS OF THF. SPKKCH.
A teacher questioning little boys
alum! the gradations iu the scale of
being, asked : "What comes next
to man?" Aud here a little shaver
who was evidently smarting under
a defeat in a previous question, im-mediately
distanced all competitors,
by promptly shouting,-'-His under-shirt,
inarm P
An Irishman was speaking of the
excellence of a telescope. "Do you
sec that wee speck on the edge" of
the hilt yonder f That, now, is my
old pig, though hardly to be seen :
but when I look at him with my
glass, it brings him so near that I
can plainly hear him grunt.**
" Well Sambo what's yer up to
uow-a-days I"
'•(), I is a carp'ner and j inner."
" lie! I guess yer is. What de-partment
do you perform T"'
"What department T" "Why I
does the circular work.""
"What's datr
"Why, I turns de grindstone."'
"Gway."
A little four year old child in
Portland told his father he was a
fool. Ou being reprimanded by bis
mother and required to say he was
sorry, he toddled up to the insulted
parent aud exclaimed, "Papa, I'm
sorry you's a fool P
"That motion is out of order,"
said the chairman of a meeting,
when a rowdy raised his arm the
purpose of throwing an egg.
Domestic receipts—babies.
Mr. President, I have no hesita-tion
in declaring myself a member
of the Republican party, and one
of the straitest of the sect. To
such a party, with which so much
of my life is entwined, I have no
common attachment. Not with-out
a pang can I see it suffer, not
without a pang can I see it changed
from its original character, for such
a change is death. Therefore do I
ask, with no common feeling, that
the peril which menaces it may
pass" nway. I stood by its cradle ;
let me not follow its hearse. The
Republican party was necessary and
permanent, always on an ascending
plane. For such a party there was
no death, but higher life and no-bler
aims; and this was the party
to which I gave my vows. But alas!
how changed. Once country was
the object, and not a man ; once
priuciple was inscribed ou the vic-torious
banners, aud not a uatno
only.
REPUBLICAN PARTY SEIZED BY THE
PRESIDENT.
It is not difficult to iudicate wheu
this disastrous change, exalting the
will of one man above all else, lie-came
not merely manifest but pain-fully
conspicuous. Already it had
begun to show itself in personal pre-teni
ions.to which I shall refer soon,
wheu suddenly, and without any
warning through tbe public press
or any expression from public opin-ion,
tbe 1'resideut elected by the
Republican party precipitated upon
the country an ill-considered scheme
for the annexation of a portion of
the island of Santo Domingo, in
presence of a treaty negotiated by
a person of his own household, styl-ing
himself "Aide-de-cainp of the
President of the United States." I
should gladly leave this matter to
the judgment already recorded, if it
were not put in issue again by the
extraordiny efforts radiating on ev-ery
line of office, to press its author
for a second term as President.
PRESIDENTIAL I'RETENTIONS.
"On what meat doth this onrC.T-sar
feed,*' that he should assume so |
much! No honor for victory in war
can justify disobedience to the Con-stitution
and to law; nor can it
afford t''e least apology for any per-sonal
immunity, privilege or license
iu the Presidential office.
Not only are Constitution and law
disregartled, but tbe Presidential
office itself is treated as little more
than a plaything aud a perquisite—
wheu not the former, then the latter.
Here the details are ample—show-ing
how from the beginning this
exalted trust has dropped to be a
personal indulgence, where palace
cars, fast horses aud seaside loiter-ings
figure more than duties ; how
personal aims and objects have beeu
more prominent than the public in-terests
; how the Presidential office
has beeu used to advance his own
family ou a scale of nepotism dwarf-ing
everything of tbe kind iu our
history,and hardly equaled iu the
corrupt Governments where this
abuse has most prevailed; how iu
the same spirit office has been con-ferred
npou those from whom he
had received gifts or benefits, thus
making the country repay his per-sonal
obligations; how personal de-votion
to himself, rather than pub-lic
or party service, has been made
the staudard ot favor; how the vast
appointing power conferred by the
Constitution for tbe general welfare
has been employed a,t his will to
promote his schemes, to reward his
friends, to punish his opi>oncnts,
aud to advance his election to a
sccoud term; how all these assump-tions
have matured in a perional
government, semi-military iu charac-ter
aud breathing themilitary spirit.
beiug a species of Cajsarism or per-tonalitem
abborant to Republicau in-stitutions,
where subservience to
the President is the supreme law ;
how in maintaining the subservience
he has operated by a system of
combinations, military.political, and
even Senatorial, having their orbits
about him, so that, like the planet
Saturn, he is surrounded by rings ;
nor does the similitude end here.for
his rings, like those of the planet,
are held iu position by satelites.
PERSONAL GOVERNMENT UNBEPCB-LICAN.
President has offended in this wav I
is, unhappily, too at parent.
TWrriMONY OF THE LATE EDWI1
M. STANTON.
Something, also, must be attribut-ed
to individual character; and
nere I express no opinion of my own
—i snail allow another to speak In
solemn words echoed from the
toino.
On reaching Washington at the
JS-yo'Ooa-wai in December,
i*»«, I was paiued to hear that. Mr.
fstanton, lately Secretary of War,
was lo failing health. As I enteredhis
bedroom, where I found him reclin-ing
on ■ sofa, propped by pillows,
he reached out his hand, already
clammy cold, and in reply to my in
quiry, "How are your answered
"Waiting for my furlough." Then
at once, with singular solemnity, he
said, "I have something to say to
you." When I was seated he pro-ceeded,
without one word of intro-duction
: "I know General Grant
better than any other iierson iu the
country can know him. It was my
duty to study him, and I did so
night and day, when I saw him and
when I did nut see him, and now I
tell you what I know : lie can not
govern thin country."
Personal government is autocrat-ic.
It is the one-man power eleva-ted
above all else, and is, therefore,
in direct couflict with republican
government whose consummate form
is tripartite—cxecntive,Legislative,
aud Judicial—each independentaud
coequal.
A government of laws and not
of men is the object of republican
government; nay, more, it is the
distinctive essence without which it
becomes a tyranny. Therefore per-sonal
government in all its forms,
and especially when it seeks to sway
the action of any other branch or
overturn its constitutional negative,
is hostile to the first principles of
republican institutions, and an un-questionable
outrage. That our
NEPOTISM OF THE PRF.S1DENT.
There has beeu no eall of Con-gress
for a return of the relations
holding office, stipend, or mouey-making
opportunity under the
President. But tho newspapers
have placed beyond question for
judgment ou this extraordinary
case, although thus far tliere has
been no- attempt to appreciate it,
especially in the light of history —
One list makes the number of i>eu-elioiaries
as many as 42—being,
probably, every known person al-lied
to the President by blood or
marriage. Persons sccmi*ugtos|)eak
for the President, or at least after
careful inquries, have denied the
accurracy of this list reducing it to
13. It will uot be questioned that
there is at least a baker's dozen in
this category—13 relations of the
President billeted on the country,
not one of whom but for this re-lationship
would have been brought
forward, tho whole constituting a
case of nepotism not unworthy of
the worst governments where office
is a family possession.
Beyond the list of 13 are other
revelations, showing that this
strange abuse did not stop with the
President's relatives, but that these
relations obtained appointments
forotherein their ciicle. so that
every relation became a centre of
influence, while the Presidential
family extended indefinitely.
GIFT TAKING OFFICIALLY COM-PENSATED.
From one typical abuse I pass lo
another. From a dropsical nepo-tism
swollen to elephantiasis,which
nobody can defend, I pass to gift-taking,
which with our President
has assumed an uiipiecented form.
Sometimes public men even iu our
country have taken gilts, but it is
uot known that any President 1K--
fore has repaid the patron with
office. For a public man to take
gifts is reprehensible: for a Presi-dent
to select Cabinet councillors
and other officers among those from
whom he has taken gilrs is an an-omaly
in Republican annuls. Ob-serve,
sir, that I speak of it gently,
unwilling to exhibit the indignation
which such a Presidential preten-sion
is calculated to arouse. The
country will judge it, and blot it
out as an example.
The case of our President is ex-ceptional.
Notoriously he has
taken gilts while iu the public ser-vice—
some, at least, after be had
been elected President—until "the
Galena tanner of a few hundred
dollars a year, "to borrow the words
of my colleague | Mr. Wilson), one
of his supporters, is now rich in
houses, lands and stock, above his
salary, being probably the richest
President since GeorgeWashington.
Notoriously, lu lias appointed to
his Cabinet several among these
" Greeks bearing gifts," without
seeming to see tbe indecoi urn, if not
tbe indecency, of the transaction.
ILLEGAL MILITARY RING AT
ECUTIVE MANSION.
To the dishonor of the civil
vice and in total disregard to
Haiieck and Gen. Sherman protest-ed,
the former, in bis report of Oc-wber24,
1870 saving,^T respect-fully
rei*at the recommendation of
my last annual report, that milita-ry
officers should not interfere in
local civil difficulties unless called
ont in the manner provided by law;"
and the latter, in his report of No-vember
10,1870, says :—I think the
soldiers ought not to be expected to
make individual arrests or to do
any act of violence except in their
capacity as njMMa oesritofia, duly
summoned by the United States
Marshal and acting in his personal
presence;" and so this miliurv pre-tention
>r.vading civil affairs' was
arrested.
Meau while this same Presiden-ts
usurpation, subordinating all
to himself, became palpable in an-other
form. It was said of Gusta-vus
Adolphus that he drilled his
Diet to vote at the word of com-mand.
Such at the outset, seemed
to be the Presidential policy with
regard to Congres. We were to
vote as he desired.
INTERFERENCE IN LOCAL POLITICS.
The assumption of his central im-perialurn,
be has interfered with
political questions and party move-ments
In distant States reaching
into Missouri and then into New
York to dictate how the people
should vote; then manipulating
Louisiana through a brother-in-law
appointed Collector. With him a
Custom House seems less a place
for the collection of revenue than an
engine for political influence,through
which bis dictatorship may be
maintained. Authentic testimony
places this tyrannical abuse beyond
question. New York is the scene
and Thomas Murphy, Collector, the
1 residential Lien tenant. Nobody
doubts the intimacy between the
President and the Collector, who
are bound together by other ties
than those of the seaside neighbor-hood.
But New York is not the only
scene of this outrage. The Presi-dential
pretension extends every-where,
nor is it easy to measure the
arrogance of corruption or the hon-est
indignation that it quickens into
life,
QUAR-EX-pre-
* 1* < aiiU III 11*1(11 VI IKI '».''■' * i *■ *a- 1 *f>l *
ccdent.lhe President, surrOunde.f men; it is no longer a political par- ».s.w..., »..~ — .. , , lint n lu.rsnin ivirle 1-Vi. fYii-himself
with officers of the army
and substituted military forms for
those of civil life, detailing for this
service members of his late staff.—
The earliest public notice of this
military occupation appeared in the
Daily Morning Chronicle, of March
«, 1800, understood to be tho offl
cial organ of the Administration :
"President Grant was not at the
White Boose yesterday,but the fol-lowing
members of his staff were
occupying the Secretaries' rooms
and acting as snch : Gens. Bab-cock,
Porter, Badeau and Dent."
Thus installed, army officers be-came
secretaries of the President,
delivering his messages to both
Houses of Congress, and even au-thenticating
Presidential acts as if
they were military orders. Here
for instance is an official communi-cation
:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, »
Maicb 15,1800. j"
To Robert Martin Douglas, Esq.
—Sir: Yon are hereby appointed
Assistant Private Secretary to the
President to date from March 15th,
1969.
By order ol the President.
n<>RACE POUTER,
Brevet Brig. Gen. Sec.
MILITARY INTERFERENCE AT ELEC-TIONS.
Then followed military interfer-ence
iu elections aud repeated use
of the military in aid of the reven-ue
law under ciriumstances of
doubtful legality, uutil at last Gen.
THE GREAT PRESIDENTIAL
REI.LER.
As in ncpoti8m,gift taking official-ly
compensated, and Presidential
pretensions generally, here again he
is foremost, having quarrelled not
only more than any other President,
but more than all others together,
from George Washington to him-self.
His own Cabinet, the Senate,
the'IIouse of Representatives the
diplomatic service and the civil ser-vice
generally—all have their vic-tims,
nearly every one of whom
licsidcs serving the Republican
party, had helped to make him
President. Nor have army officers,
his companions in the field, or even
his generous petrous been exempt
to him. A quarrel is not only a
constant necessity, but a perquisite
of office. To nurse a quarrel, like
tending a horse, is iu his Presiden-tial
duties How idle must he be
should the words of Shakespeare be
fulfilled, "This day all quarrels die "
To him may be applied these other
words of Shakespeare, "As quar-relsome
as the weasel."
DUTY OF THE BEPCBLICAN PAETY.
Here I stop. And now the ques-tion
of duly is presented to the Re-publican
party. 1 like that word.
It is at the maudate of duty that
we must act Do the Presidential
pretensions merit the sanction of
the party! Can Republicans, with-out
departing from all obligations,
whether of party or patriotism, re-cognize
our ambitions Ciesar as a
proper representative! Can we take
the fearful responsibility of his
prolonged empire? I put these ques-tions
solcmiily as a member of the
Republican party, with all earnest-ness
of a life devoted to the tri-umph
of this party, which I served
always with the conviction that I
gave up nothing that was meant for
the country or mankind. With me
the party was the country and man-kind
; but with tbe adoption of all
these Presidential preUnsions tbe
party loses its sphere. Its creed
ceases to bo Republicanism and be-comes
Grantism; its members cease
to be Republicans and become Grant
ty, but a personal party. For my
self, I say openly, I am no man's
man, nor do I belong to any person-al
party.
The attempt to change the char-acter
of tho Republican party be-gins
by assault on the principle of
one term for President.
Let not Congress adjourn without
passing tbe one-term amendment to
the Constitution. There never has
been so favorable an opportunity.
All parties are in favor of it; Gen-eral
Grant is iu favor of it; the par-ty
that supports General Grant de-mands
it, and, above all, public
morality calls for it. The President
desiring re-election becomes the ac-tive
head of
THREE CO-OPEBATIVE ARMIES,
the army of office-holders, 80,000
strong; ihe larger army of office
seekers, and the army of the polit-cal
party, the whole constituting a
consolidated power which no candi-date
can possess without peril to
bis country. Of these vast co-ope-rating
armies the President is com-manib-
i iu-chief and generalissimo.
THE LIMITATION TO ONE TEEM.
There is a demand for reform in
the civil service, and tbe President
formally adopts this demand, but
he neglects tbe flrst step, which de-pends
only on himself. From this
we may judge bis little earnestness
in tbe cause. Beyond all question
civil service reform must begin with
a limitation of the President to one
term, so that the temptation to use
tbe appointing power for personal
ends may disappear from oar sy»
tem, and this great disturbing force
cease to exist In the name of the
one-term principle, once recognized
by him, and which need no other
evidence ot iu necessity Ohan bis
own Presidency, I protest against
the attempt to obtain another lease
of power—but this protest is on the
threshold.
CNFiTNESS FOR THB PRESIDENTIAL
OFFICE •
I protest against him as radically
unfit for the Presidential office, be
ing essentially military in nature,
without aptitude for civil duties,
and without knowledge of republi-cs!
institutions, all of which is per-fectly
apparent, unless we are rea-dyto
assume that the matters and
atrrngs ant forth to-day are of no ac-account,
and then declare in forth
er support of the candidate, boldly,
that nepotism In a President is noth-ing,
that gilt-taking with repay-ment
in offlciaJ patronage is noth
ing; that violation of tbe Consti-tution
and of law internatiehal and
municipal is nothing; that indigni
ty to the African race is nothing,
that quarrel with political associates
is nothing, and that all his Presi,
dential pretentious, in their motley
•Kgregations, being a new C»sar-i8m
or personal government, are
nothing. But if these are all noth
ing; nor is there any safeguard for
republican institution.
INEYEEY DIRECTION IS JaTTDDLB,
muddle with 'Spain, muddle with
Cnba, muddle with the black re-public,
muddle with distant Cores,
muddle with Venezuela, muddle
with Rusia, muddle with England ;
on all sides one diversified muddle.
[Laughter.) To this condition are
we red need..
"FrnST IN QUARREL WTTH HIS
COUNTRYMEN."
Anxiously, earnestly tho country
asks for reform and stands on tip-toe
to greet its coming. But how
expect reform from a President who
needs it so much himself t Who
shall reform the reformer f So also
does the country ask for purity;
but is it not in vain to seek this
boon from one whose Presidential
pretensions are so demoralizing 1
Who shall purify the purifier t The
country asks for reform in the civil
service. But how expect any such
change from one who will not allow
the Presidential officefb be secured
agaiust its worst temptation 1 If
he fraternizes with jobbers and
Hessians, where is the limit to the
demoralization that mnst ensue 1
Necessarily the public service takes
its character from its elected chief,
and the whole country reflects the
President. His example is a law,
bntabad example must be corrected
as a bad law.
APPEAL TO THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY.
With unmistakable interest will
the country watch the National
Convention at Philadelphia. It
may be an assembly, nnd snch is my
bope,|where ideas aud principles are
above all personcl pretension and
THE UNITY OF THE PARTY
is symbolized in the candidate ; er
it may add another to Presidential
rings, being an expansion of tbe
military ring at the Executive
Mansion, the Senatorial ring in this
chamber, and the political ring in
thcCnstom House oi New York and
New Orleans. A National Conven-tion,
which is a Presidential ling,
cannot represent the Republican
party. Much rather would I see the
party to which I am dedicated un-der
tbe image of. a life boat, not
to be suuk by wind or wave. How
often have I said this to. cheer my
comrades f I do uot fear the Dem-ocratic
party—nothing from them
can harm our life boat; but I do
fear a quarrel. Some pilot uuused
to sea,but pretentious iu command,
who occupies himself in loading
aboard his own unserviceable rela-tions
and personal patrons, while
he drives away the experienced
seamen who know the craftand her
voyage—here is a peril which no
life-boat can stand. Meanwhile 1
wait the determination of the Na-tional
Convention, where are dele-gates
from my own much-honored
Commonwealth with whom I rejoice
to act. Not without anxiety do I
wait with tbe earnest hope that the
Convention will bring the Rcpubli
can party into ancient harmony,
saving it especially from the suici-dal
folly of an issue on the personal
pretensions ofone man.
Voices of the night—cats.
The spenthrift's prayer—"Leave
me a loan, will youF
The ring is an unbending topic
of yoang and-marriageable ladies.
The mosquito, as a public singer,
draws well, but never gives satis
faction.
Tbey make shoes from the skin of
the walrus, but an eel is already a
perfect slipper.
An Alabama cemetrey bears tbe
inscription overjts entrance, "Posi-tively
no admittance here "
"Nine, sir,1" observed a social
scourge. "I can speak nine langua-ges
distinctly; but my father, when
alive, could speak no less than tit
teeu." "I knew a man wbo could
Bpeak five-and-twenty ; and he nev-er
said anything worth hearing in
any one of them."*
The great pyramid of Kgypt weighs
13,670,0110,000 tons, and'according
to Herodotns it took the labor ot
100,000 men twenty years to build it.
Dr. Lardner affirms that 480 tons of
coal, with an engine and hoisting
machine, would have raised every
atone to its position.
TIM ate&krnpt Law.
The House of Repre*«na**tfvM on
Tuesday last pacsed a very impor-tant
bin, which, however, we sup-pose,
will scarcely be passed by the
Senate at this session. It amends
the bankrupt law in many particu-lars.
The circuit conrt is to asppeiat
registers. It allows the amarabaJ to
appoint deputies to help him in
bankrupt cases, but cuts off con-structive
mileage. &c
The MM bill aUotci »U mtemwtiont
allotcedby any 8tate Ime on the lit
day of January, 1871. This will
save to bankrupts in Virginia two
thousand dollars' worth of proper-ty.
It also exempts a widow's djw-er,
or other estate in lieu thereof, if
the State law so provides ; also lite
insurance to the amount of five
thousand dollars.
No cost is allowed the assignee
where he recovers in a suit la a
Federal court for less than #500.
No person ean be declared an in.
voluntary bankrupt (except upon
his own application—Iriek Bull)
unless his probable indebtedness
exceed 03,000.
Liens acquired under State laws
aud without collusion prior te pro-
•jJHf* iu bankn,PteJ'aUu11 ^ r*>
A voluntary bankrupt most pay
fifty percent, of his proven indebt.
edness aflm- July laea. (Bo we un-derstand
the bill to change the
law.)
No State court shall inq>cach a
bankrupt's certificate of discharge.
And seme other changes. We
shall publish the bill when it be-comes
a law—Sick. Dinpateh.
tdT The law referred to hero baa
passed since the above waa written.
—ED. PATRIOT.
Washington and Grant.
Mr. Snmner, in adducing the ex-ample
of Washington against gift-taking,
pays Colonel Forney a com-pliment
:
How admirably he (Washington)
touches the point when be asks, "It
I accepted this; should loot hence-forward
be considered a depeodantT
According to our Scripture, the gift
blinds the eyes, according to Wash-ington
it makes tbe receiver a de-pendent.
In harmony with this sen-timent
was his subsequent refusal
when President, as is recorded by an
ingenious writer:
unewaa exceedingly careful about
committing himself, would receive M
AMWrae/eMf kind, and serapojoaaly
paid for everything. A large boose
was set apart for him on Ninth street,
on the grounds now covered by the
I ennsylvania University,'whioh be
refused to accept."— ColonelForney;
Anccdotet.
By such instances brought to light
recently, and shining in contrast
with our times, we learn to admire
anew tbe virtue of Washington.
« - _■
A Compliment Indeed.—Speaking
of the old line party leaders of the
South, G. A. Towusend says:
"Did you ever thiuk what a great
race of men live at tbe South, to
have been subject to tbe licentious
and profligate contact of slavery for
twenty generations, and still pre-serve
such energies and so much
manly character! We miss them
from our public counsels to-day.
How capable and direct they were
in foreign diplomacy—courtesy and
chivalry, truth and death, iu their
address. Then, slaveholders as we
were, '.ho world knew that we said
not more than we meant We did
not needlessly irritate our peers
among the nations with sardonic
sentences like ltancrofl Davis.
With tho glove in his hand,and the
salk of a king's herald, the .South-erner
made his proposition to tbe
foreigner. Of him it might he said
us of Cromwell:
"While he l'.ved, no Dutihmun
swept the narrow seas! No Cast!.-.
mames dishonored the high places!
Vice and folly trembled in his eye,
and all good things lay safe beneath
his mighty shadow." "
Arming the Negroes In the dis-cussion
at Wbiieville, Judge Moars
made Caldwell confess that he had
consented to the arming of negroes
in Wilmington in the last few weeks.
Caltlwell's excuse was that in as
much as he had allowed Col. Ring-bams
pupils tho use of tbe State
arms, he was therefore justifiable
in pennitting his Adjutant General
to furnish arms to a volunteer ne-gro
company, which baa been or-ganized
iu Wilmington, and, aa the
Journal says, "is drilling almost
every night until midnight"
Judge Mears told Gov. Caldwell
that the arming of negro volunteer
military companies would cost him
five thonsaud votes, and we believe
'.bat Judge Meats is right
The Governor can find plenty of
law for arming negro military com-panies,
but he can find none to sup-press
the outrages of the Robeson-ian
outlaws —Italeigk A'ewa,
— ......
An Iowa pa|>er says tbe lion of
tbe day is the dandelion.
An exchange tells
disaster where three
the dust."
of a marine
seamen "bit
The Rock Ahead—What a young
husband sees when the cradle is
brought home-
An Ohio woman has planted
three husbands, and on the tomb-stone
of each she has placed the
words: "We will meet in heaven,
husband.dear." Looks like trouble
'ahead, doesn't it.
"Did your wife have an income
last year V asked an internal rev-enue
officer of a citizen.
"Yes, she had twins—both girls,"
The officer concluded it was a
pretty liberal income.
A story is told of a Scotchman
who went to a lawyer foradvice,and
detailed the circumstances of the
case. "Have you told me the facts
precisely as tbey occurred" said tbe
lawyer. "Oh ay, sir I I thought it
best to tell ye tbe plain truth. Ye
can put the lies iu yourself."
" Mamma," said a precious Mttle
boy, who,against his will was made
to rock the cradle of his baby broth-er,
"if the Lord has any more babies
to give away don't you take 'em."*